October, 2020
October 30, 2020, michaelbray Actors in the Kingdom: selections, Apostasy Cowardice or Buffoonery, Character - or not,
Infanticide, like homicide, is still the taking of human life. Whether the infant is newly conceived, about the be born or recently born, the intentional taking of its life is still – murder. No fancy verbiage or deceit by euphemism changes the fact. The stubborn human heart – which resists the plain truth – is […]
October 29, 2020, michaelbray Apostasy Cowardice or Buffoonery, Character - or not, Family Matters, Political Ministry of the Churches of God, Wilmington Ohio,
Michael Bray 28 March 2007 One of the wonderful opportunities at Wilmington High School is the development of writing skills for those who do extracurricular work for the school paper, Hurricane. Occasionally there is an article of interest for the larger community, that fellowship of citizens which pays for the school’s existence. In the latest […]
October 29, 2020, michaelbray Family Matters, Lamentations, Poetry, Sanctity of Human Beings,
The fathers went down to Egypt Many long years ago And became as numerous as heaven. He sent me to jail with only three. Now – plus grands – we have eleven. When I think of Anastasia Who would have made us twelve, The child who never was among us, I imagine her well occupied […]
October 28, 2020, michaelbray Actors in the Kingdom: selections, Character - or not, Poetry,
They call it “natural” That death that takes us all. ‘Tis the bane of our existence Plaguing the race since the Fall. We pass our days in rush and hurry Driven by that zeal To get it all done Before we’re buried. And when we make that final run Nothing counts But to have followed […]
October 28, 2020, michaelbray Character - or not, Family Matters, Poetry,
The following 65-word creed contains the names of all the children of Mike and Jayne Bray. They are represented in the text in order. Some appear candidly; others in metaphor. The Lord is my God. ElliI have peace with Him through the One JonasWho revealed Him to all men. EpiphanyHe rescued us from […]
October 28, 2020, michaelbray Character - or not, Poetry, Position Papers,
What fools those ghouls Those self-acclaimed progressives! “Regressives,” indeed Who take no heed Of the Word from above. They talk big about love But know nothing of it. O puuulllleaaaase! Shove it! Got no time for your jive. You got nothin’ to give But your Godless protests. And as for the rest Who are doing […]
October 27, 2020, michaelbray Apologetics, Apostasy Cowardice or Buffoonery, Character - or not, Family Matters, Lamentations, Polytheistic Statism v. Christocracy, Position Papers,
Simply summarized, it is inspired by family breakdown; which is the product of that cool, progressive, Godless movement which propagated sex outside of marriage. Indeed, the de-sacralization of marriage – the holy institution where sex is exclusively, as a holy association, to be had – is the true “root cause” of the contemporary break down […]
October 20, 2020, michaelbray Family Matters, Lamentations, Poetry, Sanctity of Human Beings,
Our capacity for salacity Is beyond what one may imagine, And to our chagrin It does not end But begins anew rightIn our hearts, Wicked in every new day. O that sin within Every day rises up to begin Another assault upon our souls, On friends and foe taking tolls! And what of it shall […]
October 19, 2020, michaelbray Apologetics, Family Matters, Position Papers,
“What is Truth?” queried Pilate when the prosecution of Jesus was before him. And so it is that the question has persisted down through the ages and continues today. Then the particular question was whether the Nazarene could be rightly identified as the one and only and long anticipated “messiah.” What is Truth and how […]
October 19, 2020, michaelbray Family Matters,
I will weigh in. Yea, I will render a point of view on this crucial issue: I say, put it on the fastest (cheapest) setting! Why? The really nasty pans or dishes will not be cleaned by the dish washer! You will end up pulling out the dirty pan or dish regardless of the setting […]